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Dead Ahead Tattoo

3.7 (30 reviews)
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Open 12:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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alexsandra m.

I got tattooed by Ryan McDonald and loooove the piece so much. He absolutely killed it. It was my first tattoo done by him and I am so pleased! Would love to go back to this shop.

Baby dragon

Amazing artists, great atmosphere and simply good people. Matt has completed two incredible pieces and is currently working on a full back piece. His line work is impeccable and his attention to detail is astounding. I won't spoil the in process back piece, but here are the two he completed for me last year. Each artist has their own style, and everyone at Dead Ahead creates the most incredible work I've seen.

Nathaly V.

Never ever coming here. Me and my friends came here for my birthday weekend and we each got a different tattoo by the same person, his name is John. I showed him what I wanted and also told him I did not want the flower to be shaded in color. While he was doing the tattoo I saw him shading the flower so I stopped him. Than he shaded it in with a nude color. When he finished he said don't worry it looks like it has color but it's just the blood. Of course he lied to me, weeks later I look at the tattoo and he shaded it in with color. My friends tattoo also came out bad, but I rather them write the review with there experience. Also the lines on my tattoo are not full . I tried going to a tattoo artist and they cannot fix the tattoo so I have to live with this tattoo basically. ‍ smh.

Todd S.

Dead Ahead Tattoo is fantastic! I've had work done by John Freyvogel, which I am really happy with, but I tell everyone to check out Dead Ahead! Everyone is super chill and the shop is very clean. I look forward to many more sessions!

Lauren D.

I got my tattoo at dead ahead almost exactly a year ago. Unfortunately, I am not super happy with how it turned out. I felt like it was a really simple tattoo but it has several imperfections which bother me a lot. It's also on my wrist, so I can constantly see these imperfections. I chose dead ahead because one of my friends had a nice, simple, tattoo done here that looks great and the store has great reviews, but I would say I am definitely generally disappointed with my resul

Domonic O.

Actually got tatted at this shop while I was on vacation in Nashville from Colorado where I live. The girl at the front desk was incredibly nice and very helpful. She was able to get me scheduled short notice with Mitch Hoggard. Mitch was able to take my original idea and make it better. ALWAYS TRUST YOUR ARTIST! The piece turned out great. Overall a great experience! Will definitely return if I ever end up back in Nashville.

My wife and I found this shop by luck while on vacation from NY. We were fortunate to get Matt as our artist for neck tattoos that we've been wanting for some time. All of the artist here are very kind and talented people. Matt quickly came up with our designs and really just knocked it out of the park with placement and execution. I highly recommend this shop and I can't wait to come back for another tattoo. The pricing is pretty standard for a high quality artist and Matt seemed to work slightly faster than previous artists I've worked with. I would ignore any negative review that may be on here and not hesitate to choose Dead Ahead tattoo as a place to go for high quality traditional tattoos.

I'm sure that Dead Ahead tattoo has many reputable artists and people that have only positive feedback to leave with, I really wish that I could have been another fan of this shop, but my experience was the complete opposite. I wanted a lighthouse with a cancer ribbon wrapped around it on my shoulder reworked and to add a portrait of my mother next to the lighthouse. I wanted this tattoo to be in her memory, since I'm currently studying Nursing and plan on going to UT next year to study Oncology. This tattoo was supposed to give me strength and motivation to continue on, and it's given me the opposite. I now feel insecure even showing this tattoo in public, and denial that it's even there, so I have to find a new artist. I unfortunately wouldn't suggest getting tatted by John Freyvogel because when I wasn't happy, I got more excuses than accountability on his part. When I wasn't happy with one of our sessions and pointed out her eyes looked weird, he said "Oh it's how your shoulder is just angled, it's fine!" Than when I mentioned getting a new artist in our last session, he told me "Well it's an unfinished tattoo.." When in reality, the portrait was finished and we were working on the lighthouse in this session. Every other staff seemed very friendly and lovely, but I would never recommend this artist lo

Thanks Val, in love with it

I'll be coming back as much as they will let me! The only negative thing about this place is how booked they are, BUT so worth the wait.

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